Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Looking Forward to Sen. Reid's Bonfire

“I am so upset that I think the Olympic Committee should be ashamed of
themselves, I think they should be embarrassed,” Reid said in response
to a question at a press conference. “I think they should take all of
the uniforms put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over
again; even if they have to just wear nothing but a singlet that says
USA on it.”

"Will some enterprising reporter please ask Senator Reid for the
opportunity to inspect the senator's closet and check the labels of his
clothing to make sure they are all American-made? I look forward to
seeing Mr. Reid's bonfire."

To risk a tangent, I'm not sure we ever took pride in being a melting pot.

The McNicholas, the Posalskis, the Smiths, Zerillis tooThe Blacks, the Irish, Italians, the Germans and the JewsThey come across the water a thousand miles from homeWith nothing in their bellies but the fire down below

They died building the railroads, they worked to bones and skinThey died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the windThey died to get here a hundred years ago, they're still dying nowTheir hands that built the country we're always trying to keep out

Buddy: "I am disappointed that the uniforms were not made in the U.S."

Why? Do you personally express some form of patriotism by buying only clothes made in the U.S.? I certainly do not. Like most consumers, I purchase the goods which I believ give me the best value for the money I spend. Is there any reason why an olympic team should do otherwise?

"Why? Do you personally express some form of patriotism by buying only clothes made in the U.S.? I certainly do not. Like most consumers, I purchase the goods which I believ give me the best value for the money I spend. Is there any reason why an olympic team should do otherwise?"

i would even take jet's point a step further.

i am more proud to get behind "america: smart enough to get a great deal on quality goods."

than "america: overpaying for small selection out of blind patriotism"

That's the whole issue, right there. It will never happen as long as Democrats hew to the "Emerging Democrat Majority" strategy. Milton Friedman said, "you cannot have unrestricted immigration and a welfare state" and he was right on. I am happy to let in all the skilled workers from all over the globe(mostly) like my Colombian engineer wife into the country. And I know a bunch of them who would love to come here, but instead go to Canada because they can't get a visa to the US. We don't need any more illiterate mowers of lawns and pickers of lettuce that are a net drain on the economy.

morganovich: "there were always anti immigration groups, but they did not used to have control of the government."

Hasn't opposition to immigration ebbed and flowed throughout the past 100 or so years?

As I remember reading, about half a million persons were forcibly removed from the country by the U.S. military in the 1930s. I believe that national policy was referred to as the Mexican Repatriation. I've read that some were atually citizens whose only crime was inability to speak English.

The Chinese Exclusion Act, in force from 1882 through 1943, eliminated almost all immigration from China.

The National Origins Act of 1924 went further and banned immigration of Japanese and other East Asians.

Do you think Springsteen may have also been referring to these government actions?